Europe strengthens ban on seal products after WTO challenge
by Arthur Neslen in Brussels from on (#KSZ4)
MEPs vote to firm up EU embargo on seal products, after partially successful challenges by Canada and Norway at the World Trade Organisation
MEPs voted to tighten a ban on seal products on Tuesday, in a move that campaigners say will protect millions of seals from commercial slaughter.
The vote in Strasbourg brings an existing EU embargo into line with World Trade Organisation rules.
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